Karina Evn Explained
Karina Evn |
Birth Name: | Karina Khachaturovna Akopyan |
Birth Date: | 16 August 1997 |
Birth Place: | Moscow, Russia |
Occupation: | Singer, songwriter |
Years Active: | 2013–present |
Karina Khachaturovna Akopyan (Armenian: Կարինա Խաչատուրովնա Ակոպյան; Russian: Карина Хачатуровна Акопян; born 16 August 1997), known professionally as Karina Evn or Karina EVN, is a Russian-Armenian singer.
Biography
Akopyan was born on August 16, 1997, in Moscow to an Armenian family. At the age of eight, she entered the musical school N4, where she took piano lessons.[1]
In 2013, Akopynan entered the pop-jazz college at Gnesinka.In the same year, she participated in her first vocal contest, Stars of the New Century, and won first place. Also in the same year, she took part in the contest Golden Voice of Ostankino and won the Audience Choice Award.[2]
In 2014, Akopyan earned the Grand Prix of the Golden Voice of Ostankino contest. In May 2014, she took part in the X Factor Armenia project, but refused to continue further participation when her hair began to fall out. Doctors diagnosed total alopecia.[3]
In May 2015, Evn released her first single, "I Can't Take More".[4] In 2016, she released the songs "Light up", "My Armenia", "Happy Birthday", "Wedding Waltz", "Hayastane maern e" (Armenia is ours), "Russia", and "Broken dream".[5]
In 2017, Evn's first duet song was presented with the ex-soloist of the band "Bad Boys Bluw" Kevin McCoy, and the song premiered at the State Kremlin Palace.[6] [7] [8] In the same year, the singles "Leto" and "Vsyo Zashibis" were released, which hit the iTunes charts.[9]
In 2018, the songs "I Wish You" and "Origami Heart" were released.[10] In March 2018, at the second all-Russian music awards show Muz. Play, Evn earned the "Talent of the Year" award. On May 26, she took part in the hip hop festival Fusion of Words, and took the second place.[11]
In 2019, Evn took part in the second season of the project SONGS on TNT. The producers of the project were Basta and Timati. In the project she passed the stage of initial casting and qualified another 2 stages.[12] [13] On the show, she performed her own songs "Come with Me" and "Իmpossible"; she later released music videos for these songs. "Come with Me" landed in the 4th spot on the iTunes chart.[14]
Evn was one of 12 finalists in a competition to represent Armenia in the 2020 Eurovision song contest.[15] Her song "Why?" was ultimately not selected.[16]
Discography
- 2015: Не могу больше
- 2016: Зажигай
- 2016: Моя Армения
- 2016: С днем рождения
- 2016: Свадебный вальс
- 2016: Hayastane mеrn e
- 2016: Россия
- 2016: Broken dream
- 2017: Love in my car feat Kevin McCoy
- 2018: Я вам желаю
- 2018: Сердце оригами[17]
- 2018: Dale Dale[18]
- 2019: Иди со мной[19]
- 2019: Невозможное[20]
- 2019: Ритм[21]
Notes and References
- Web site: Karina Evn-ը երգարվեստում իր հաջողությունների մասին – Լուրեր Հայաստանից – Թերթ.am. tert.am. 13 September 2019. August 15, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190815162733/https://www.tert.am/life/am/news/2017/02/21/Karina-Evn/31307. dead.
- Web site: Карина Эвн (Karina Evn) – биография участницы 2 сезона шоу "Песни". freshmus.ru. 13 September 2019.
- Web site: music.я.ws/artist/karina-evn. music.я.ws. 13 September 2019.
- Web site: Не могу больше – Карина Эвн/Karina Evn. May 2, 2015 . YouTube. 13 September 2019.
- Web site: Карина Эвн (Песни 2) – какова биография, личная жизнь, Инстаграм, нац-ость?. bolshoyvopros.ru. 13 September 2019.
- Web site: Karina Evn & Kevin McCoy – Love in My Car – Amazon.com.com Music. Amazon . 13 September 2019.
- Web site: Karina Evn & Kevin McCoy Love in my car /Премьера /(Official Music Video) 2017 4K . January 23, 2017 . YouTube. 13 September 2019.
- Web site: shamshyan.com/hy/article/2017/02/06/1058078. shamshyan.com. 13 September 2019.
- Web site: Ինստագրամում իր անկեղծությամբ տպավորած Կարինա EVN-ն ու հումորային տեսանյութերով հայտնի Ռոման Կագրամանովը' Երևանում – Լուրեր Հայաստանից – Թերթ.am. tert.am. 13 September 2019. August 15, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190815162738/https://www.tert.am/life/am/news/2019/05/17/tnt/57991. dead.
- Web site: Карина ЭВН с концертом в "Известия-Холл". old.yapoyu.com. 13 September 2019.
- Web site: "Песни 2" նախագծի ամենավառ մասնակիցները' Կարինա EVN-ը և Ռոման Կագրամանովը Երևանում բարեգործական համերգով կներկայանան. BlogNews.am. 13 September 2019.
- Web site: kriptorun.ru/?p=700. kriptorun.ru. 13 September 2019.
- Web site: В 2-й сезон шоу "ПЕСНИ" на ТНТ пришла 21-летняя Karina Evn, страдающая редким заболеванием – Вокруг ТВ.. vokrug.tv. 13 September 2019.
- Web site: ПЕСНИ: Karina Evn — Иди со мной (сезон 2, выпуск 3) фрагмент из ПЕСНИ смотреть онлайн видео, бесплатно! — Видеохостинг Rutube. rutube.ru. March 9, 2019 . 13 September 2019.
- Web site: Eurovision 2020: Armenia's Depi Evratesil songs announced. Ghazanchyan. Siranush. 2020-02-06. Public Radio of Armenia. en-US. 2020-03-24.
- Web site: Athena Manoukian to represent Armenia at Eurovision 2020. Ghazanchyan. Siranush. 2020-02-16. Public Radio of Armenia. en-US. 2020-03-24.
- Web site: music.apple.com/us/artist/karina-evn/1099310591. music.apple.com. 13 September 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190815170329/https://music.apple.com/us/artist/karina-evn/1099310591. August 15, 2019. dead.
- Web site: Dale Dale – Single by Karina Evn on Apple Music. music.apple.com. 13 September 2019.
- Web site: Иди со мной (Live) – Single by Karina Evn on Apple Music. music.apple.com. 13 September 2019.
- Web site: Невозможное – Single by Karina Evn on Apple Music. music.apple.com. 13 September 2019.
- Web site: Karina Evn on Apple Music. music.apple.com. 13 September 2019.